High cholesterol GOOD!!!!

The Benefits of High Cholesterol

A study of elderly French women living in a nursing home showed that those with the highest cholesterol levels lived the longest (The Lancet, 4/22/89). The death rate was more than five times higher for women with very low cholesterol. Several other studies have shown similar results. Ironically, Dr. Ravnskov noted that in his practice it was usually the elderly women who were most worried about their cholesterol levels.

Cholesterol and risk of stroke

Yet data from Japan directly contradicts Ebrahim et al's conclusions. From 1958 to 1995 fat consumption increased from 5% to 20% of the total daily energy consumption, and cholesterol concentrations rose from 3.9 mmol/l to 5.0 mmol/l.² During this period the rate of stroke (combined) fell from 1344/100 000/year to 205/100 000/year in those aged 60-69. This is a 6.5-fold reduction in the rate of stroke.³ (There was also a decrease in death rate from coronary heart disease.)